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Daily Art: Katsushika Oi
Oh hi. Welcome back. You probably know this painting Probably this one too But I’ll bet that you don’t know this one Would it shock you to know that all of them come from the same family? That’s right, perhaps the greatest of all Japanese artists Hokusai was not the only in his family with…
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The Return of Daily Art
Hi everybody. Old fans and friends of mine might remember that I used to make a daily Snapchat story featuring daily pieces of artwork that I found interesting. I retired it in 2021 I believe after growing rather exhausted with constantly posting and feeling like I had nowhere left to go with the project. Well,…
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Research Stuff I worked on
Last semester, I wrote a paper about Perceval, Galahad and how the Grail Quest became spiritual. In this paper, I examine the influence of the Cistercian Order and St Bernard as well the religious culture of the time to analyze the Vulgate Cycle. I also pull in Chretian De Troyes’s Perceval as as comparison point.…
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Hildegard Von Bingen:
A true (Pre) Renaissance Woman! Hello everybody. Starting this year, I’m planning on posting at least once every week if not more. Make that a commitment. Anyway This week I’m going to be discussing my 12th century favorite writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, nun, visionary, doctor, linguist, poet and illustrator of all time. I also forgot…
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Reposting my Analysis of The Night Watch
l wrote this a while ago for my daily art stuff. Figured I might as well post it here. The Night Watch is undoubtedly one of my favorite paintings of all time. There are so many little details to analyze and fully break down in their whole. For instance, did you know that the Night…
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An Introduction to Lost Literature
Hi everybody. I am trying out a new format here. While I work on my next big project, (which aims to be by far my biggest yet), I will be interspersing it with some smaller posts in between. So let’s get started with one of my favorite topics, lost literature A funny thing happened one…
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The LitCast: Episodes 1-4
Welcome to my new podcast series, the LitCast. This show is an examination of literature throughout the ages and I am happy to present the first four episodes of the series to you today. Check it out! Episode 1: The Romantic Era Episode 2: The Victorian Era Episode 3: The Modernist Era Episode 4: The…
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The Proto Surrealist : Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Felix University: Episode 1 Look at this painting. When do you think it was created? It seems grotesque. Ugly. Almost painful to the eyes. So when do you think it was created? Perhaps it was the 1800s? The early 1900s? Maybe even a 1700s work, shockingly? Try 1563. In an era when artists began looking…
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First blog post
Hi! Welcome to my blog. I’m glad to have you. On this blog, I will primarily examining some of my interests in a fresh and easy to understand manner. These interests include but are not limited to classical music, art history, infotech and world literature. I hope that my blog can be not only informative,…